Heinrich Otto Wieland

Heinrich Otto Wieland was a chemist born on June 4, 1877, in Pforzheim . He had citizenship in various German territories throughout his life, including the German Empire , Weimar Republic , Nazi Germany , and West Germany . Wieland was educated at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and had Johannes Thiele (chemist) as his doctoral advisor .

Throughout his career, Wieland mentored numerous doctoral students, including Bernhard Witkop, Rolf Huisgen, and Leopold Horner . He was known for his work in the Barbier–Wieland degradation and was awarded the 1927 Nobel Prize in Chemistry . Heinrich Otto Wieland passed away on August 5, 1957, in Starnberg .